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Actor Prithviraj Sukumaran was 25 when Blessy first approached him to star in the project. Prithviraj is now 41 and the film release is the culmination of a long and tiring journey for both him and Blessy. “Even in 2009 when he came to me, Blessy’s vision for the film was quite big,” Prithviraj tells Deadline. “The story is very much about solitude and is a deep character study of one man, but Blessy saw it as something like [Ang Lee’s quadruple Oscar winner] Life of Pi, where the narrative goes from one big event to the other.”
The Goat Life – which adapts only about 40 pages of the original novel – is stylistic in several of its methods. Only around 25% of the film features any sort of spoken dialogue. The gaps are filled with purposeful cinematography and a sweeping score by Academy Award-winning composer A.R. Rahman (Slumdog Millionaire). In places where characters speak to the protagonist Najeeb in Arabic, Blessy decided against adding subtitles in order to mirror the confusion that Najeeb himself felt in the moment.
Much of the film was shot in the desert, where, intriguingly, The Goat Life team ran into crew from Denis Villenueve’s Dune 2**,** who were scouting for locations in Jordan’s Wadi Rum. “We didn’t pry too much, but of course we knew who they were,” laughs Prithviraj.
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The Goat Life sounds like a compelling film, blending visual storytelling with minimal dialogue. Prithviraj's commitment over the years is impressive. Blessy's choice to forgo subtitles is bold, aiming to immerse the audience in Najeeb's experience. It's interesting to see how films can intersect during production, like with Dune 2's crew.
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